On February 8, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics entered the fourth day of competition.
Curling will produce the first gold medal of the project today, in the previous single round robin, the continental combination Fan Suyuan Lingzhi only played a 2-7 result, ranked ninth among the ten participating teams, did not qualify for the final four, and in the bronze medal battle that ended this morning, Sweden won 9-3 against the United Kingdom, the two sides of the final are, the current ten consecutive wins remain unbeaten Italy and Nordic powerhouse Norway, looking forward to the two sides can play a wonderful match.
At the beginning of the game, Italy took the lead in getting the backhand advantage and came up with their favorite tactics, using accurate throws to hang the opponent's curling to seek big point opportunities, but the Norwegian team responded very well, they protected the standing pot in the center of the circle very effectively, and finally stole 2 points first. In the second set, Italy still insisted on its strategy, this time their suspension, the position was very accurate, and the score was equalized. In the third set, the Norwegian team risked a huge mistake in setting the line, but fortunately, the last pot was accurate enough that Italy, which could have stolen three points first, only stole one point.
The situation in the fourth set was almost the same as that in the third set, but this time Norway failed to stop the loss with the last pot, and Italy stole the three points directly from the backhand to lead 6-2 into the second half. Forced into a desperate situation, Norway used the opportunity of the border attack in the fifth set, but Italy's defense was very tenacious, and Norway was still unable to avoid mistakes under duress, and finally only got one point. In the sixth set, Norway began to work hard to hit the Italian curling, making Italy play more uncomfortable, but the backhand Italy still got a point.
In the seventh set, Italy, which was in a good situation, decided to turn to a conservative strategy, first hand to let the opponent score a point, the accurate shot once again brought great trouble to Norway, Italy's tactical intentions were achieved, 7-5! In the last game, the Italian backhand chose to use the border area offensive opportunity, Norway finally waited for italy's first mistake in this game, but the Norwegian team Li Shang exchanged mistakes to return the opportunity to Italy, as Italy's last pot played a double fly, congratulations to the Italian team for winning the first gold medal in the curling event with 11 consecutive wins and maintaining an unbeaten record! It also became the first curling team in the history of the Winter Olympics to win the championship with a total victory record!
In the previous single-round robin game, although the Chinese combination Fan Suyuan Lingzhi lost to Italy 4-8, but in the first half, the two sides also played back and forth, the Chinese team even once led, can have the opportunity to have a team with eleven consecutive wins, even if the results are not ideal, in terms of exercise value, the Chinese team also earned! Keep up the good work!